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<h1>Methods to create a selector</h1>
<p>The way you 
<a HREF="Insert_a_selector.htm">create a selector</a> depends 
 on what the target and source are, as well as personal preference for 
 a particular interface. The following table helps you choose between the 
 methods.</p>
<p>You can choose to either automatically maintain the targets of attribute 
 and metric selectors, or manually define these targets. (The targets of 
 a selector are the Grid/Graphs and/or panel stacks that the selector affects.) 
 If targets are automatically maintained in the layout, attribute and metric 
 selectors automatically target all Grid/Graphs and panel stacks that are 
 in the same panel or document section as the selector. For more information 
 about automatically maintaining targets for selectors, including instructions 
 to enable and disable the functionality, see 
<a href="Automatically_maintaining_targets_for_selectors.htm">Automatically 
 maintaining targets for selectors</a>.</p>
<p>You can also determine whether the selector filters or slices the data:</p>
<ul>
<li class=p-TopicTextBulleted><p class=TopicTextBulleted>The selections 
 made in a filtering selector are used to filter the underlying dataset 
 before the metric values are aggregated at the level of the Grid/Graph 
 that is displayed in the document.</p></li>
	
<li class=p-TopicTextBulleted><p class=TopicTextBulleted>The selections 
 made in slicing selectors are used to determine which slices of data are 
 combined and shown in the Grid/Graph.</p></li>
</ul>
<p>For more details on the differences, including examples, see 
<a href="Applying_selections_as_filters_or_slices.htm">Applying 
 selections as filters or slices</a>.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Note</B></span><span>: You must always 
 select targets for panel selectors, regardless of whether targets are 
 automatically maintained.</span></p>
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<p class="whs4"><span><B>To Create a New Selector </B></span></td>
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<p>With a panel stack as the target</td>
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<p>Right-click the panel stack and select <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Create 
 Panel Stack Selector</B></span>.</td></tr>

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<p>With a Grid/Graph as the target and elements as the source</td>
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<p>Right-click the attribute, custom group, or consolidation on the Grid/Graph 
 and select <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Create Selector</B></span>.</td></tr>

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<p>With a Grid/Graph as the target and a metric as the source</td>
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<p>In Web, right-click the word <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Metrics</B></span> 
 on the Grid/Graph and select <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Create Selector</B></span>.</td></tr>

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<p>With an attribute as the source</td>
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<p>Right-click the attribute in the Dataset Objects and select <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Create 
 Selector</B></span>. </p>
<p>The new selector does not have a target; you must specify the Grid/Graph 
 or panel stack to use as the target; see 
<a HREF="GG_controlling_GG.htm">Enabling 
 a Grid/Graph to control another Grid/Graph</a>.</td></tr>

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<p>That updates a dynamic text field on a panel stack</td>
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<p>Insert a selector. Specify the panel stack to use as the target and 
 the attribute for the source; see 
<a HREF="GG_controlling_GG.htm">Enabling 
 a Grid/Graph to control another Grid/Graph</a>.</td></tr>

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<p>With a specific style</td>
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<p>Do one of the following:</p>
<p>From the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Insert</B></span> menu, point 
 to <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Selector</B></span>, and then choose the 
 style from the list. </p>
<p>Click the arrow next to the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Selector</B></span> 
 icon on the toolbar, and then choose the style from the list.</p>
<p>Next, click in the Layout area to add the selector.</p>
<p>The new selector does not have a target; you must specify the Grid/Graph 
 or panel stack to use as the target; see 
<a HREF="GG_controlling_GG.htm">Enabling 
 a Grid/Graph to control another Grid/Graph</a>.</p>
<p>The default action type is select elements, although you can change 
 it to select metrics or panels. </td></tr>

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<p>That is formatted differently in Flash Mode and becomes interactive 
 when a user hovers the cursor over them. </p>
<p>An example is the Fish Eye Selector, which magnifies the item that is 
 hovered over, while the remaining items are minimized and displayed in 
 the background of the selector.</td>
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<p>For information and instructions, see 
<a href="Create_Flash_only_selector.htm">Creating 
 an interactive, Flash-only, selector</a>.</td></tr>

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<p>With the same style as the last selector you added.</p>
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<p>Click the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Selector</B></span> icon in the 
 Controls toolbar. Click in the Layout area to add the selector.</p>
<p>The new selector does not have a target; you must specify the Grid/Graph 
 or panel stack to use as the target; see 
<a href="GG_controlling_GG.htm">Enabling 
 a Grid/Graph to control another Grid/Graph</a>.</p>
<p>The default action type is select elements, although you can change 
 it to select metrics or panels. </td></tr>
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